• Congratulations! 2025 Graduates

    Congratulations! 2025 Graduates

    YOU DID IT! Wishing you all the best! Our annual JDP End-of-Year Celebration is a treasured tradition. We also celebrated our 40th year as a program.

  • Noah Stapper Awarded Rita L. Atkinson Graduate Fellowship and ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Scholarship

    Noah Stapper Awarded Rita L. Atkinson Graduate Fellowship and ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Scholarship

    We are proud to share that Noah Stapper, a student in the SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (entering class of 2023), has been awarded the Rita L. Atkinson Graduate Fellowship. This fellowship supports PhD students engaged in interdisciplinary research at UCSD.   Mentored by Dr. Cory Weissman and Dr. Jeff Daskalakis (UCSD),…

  • Jeff Rogers Awarded NIH R36 Dissertation Award

    Jeff Rogers Awarded NIH R36 Dissertation Award

    As a fourth-year student in the San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program, Jeff Rogers submitted a funding application to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, with the goal of expanding the epidemiological literature surrounding methamphetamine use in the United States. Jeff was awarded a one-year R36 in April of 2025…

  • Laurel Benjamin Awarded OAR Graduate Research Grant 

    Laurel Benjamin Awarded OAR Graduate Research Grant 

    Laurel Benjamin,has been awarded a Graduate Research Grant by the Organization for Autism Research.

  • Celebrating Four Decades of Preparing New Generations of Clinical Psychologists

    Celebrating Four Decades of Preparing New Generations of Clinical Psychologists

    2025 marks the 40th anniversary of SDSU and UC San Diego’s Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology Over the past 40 years, San Diego State University and UC San Diego’s Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology has fostered the next leaders in the field. This innovative program has been continuously accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA)…